Mohammad Bailor Jalloh

Mohammad Bailor Jalloh was a Sierra Leonean-American citizen who attempted to join the Islamic State before being arrested on 3 July 2016.

Biography
Mohammad Bailor Jalloh was born in Sierra Leone, but he lived most of his life in Sterling, Virginia in the United States. He served in the US National Guard before being radicalized by Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki's Islamist sermons, and he planned on making hijra (migration) to Libya in 2016 to join the Islamic State during the Second Libyan Civil War. He purchased an assault rifle and attempted to head to Libya, but he was arrested on 3 July 2016 for his attempt to provide material support to the Islamic State.